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English
11th Grade
09/10/2013

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active voice

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the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action

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Allegory
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A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

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Alliteration
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The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

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Allusion
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An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

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analogy
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A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

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Antagonist
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A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

 

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Anti-Climax
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an event, conclusion, statement, etc., that is far less important, powerful, or striking than expected.
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antithesis
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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else.

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apostrophe
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An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (typically one who is dead or absent)

 

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Argumentative Essay
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Argumentative essays are most often used to address controversial issues

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Anecdotal Evidence
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  non-scientific observations or studies, which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts

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Archaic Language
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Language belonging to an earlier time and generally no longer used.

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Aside
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A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters.

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Assonance
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In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables

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Atmosphere

 

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The emotional feelings inspired by a work.

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Audience
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The assembled spectators or listeners at a public event, such as a play, movie, concert, etc.

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Autobiography
Definition

An account of a person's life written by that person

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Ballad
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A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas

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ballad stanza
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A four-line stanza in iambic meter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming

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Bias
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Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

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Biography
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An account of someone's life written by someone else.

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blank verse
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Verse without rhyme, esp. that which uses iambic pentameter

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